Bitcoin fails to sustain $85,000 breakout, and bond yield spikes are blamed
BTC slipped back below $84,000 after briefly topping $85,000 following August PCE data, while oil recovered and gold eased.
Bitcoin calls represent 60.88% of options open interest, while Deribit’s October max-pain level sits near $76,000, below bitcoin’s current $83,719 spot price. Futures exposure totals approximately $53 billion, led by Binance and CME.
The newly launched U.S. government AI chatbot America.gov can also help bitcoin and crypto users with answers to their questions. However, those responses can still be outdated, misleading, or self-censored. Bitcoin.com News compared answers from America.gov, Claude, and ChatGPT to 12 crypto policy questions.
September 30, 2026, 7:45 pmA UK court has ordered former National Crime Agency (NCA) officer Paul Chowles to repay £1,810,678.93, roughly 30 times what the Bitcoin was worth when he lifted it from a stash his own agency had seized.
September 30, 2026, 6:35 pmBTC slipped back below $84,000 after briefly topping $85,000 following August PCE data, while oil recovered and gold eased.
Bitcoin pumped above $85,500 on Wednesday morning following the release of lower-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation data for August—but a quick pullback erased most of the gains.
Bitcoin ETFs added $66 million Tuesday, matching August's nine-day run and topping it in dollars.
With FCA applications now open, the expected October 2027 regime will preserve safeguards for in-scope retail borrowing collateral while allowing a lending trust exemption.
Only 104,105 BTC, worth about $8.7 billion, is currently deployed in productive onchain strategies, according to a joint report from Yield Basis and Valueverse. That represents just under 0.52% of the circulating bitcoin supply, leaving the vast majority of BTC outside the growing bitcoin DeFi (or BTCFi) economy.
In a major development confirmed on SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, Confirmed announcement/filing for HANetf Teams Up With HSBC To Launch First GBP & EUR-Hedged Bitcoin Products. This operational move highlights expanding activity across the digital asset ecosystem and underscores key developments for market participants.
The Fed's favorite inflation gauge came in cooler than expected, rate-hike odds fell and Bitcoin traders took the hint.
El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office has dismissed reports that the country is pivoting to stablecoins, calling it “fake news,” and confirmed it has no plans to launch or run any crypto or stablecoin wallets.
The case highlights the need for enhanced oversight and security measures in law enforcement's handling of digital assets to prevent insider theft.